Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-17
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New locals-The Octoroon.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The horse disease called "Pink-eye," is
prevailing in Pittsburg.
June is the best marrying month. Look
ct the list of marriage licenses.
Services in the Baptist church Of this
place next Sunday morning and evening.
A new iron bridge is to be built across
the Allegheny at West Penn Junction.
The new Married Persons Property act
max es the women almost as good as the men,
as far as property is concerned.
Mr.. ]. w. Yeaman fell from q tree near
Grove City few days ago and was badly in
jured.
Mr.. G. C. Biehl and wife were serenaded
by the Germania Band and Good Will Hose
Co. last Monday evening.
The only election news received In town
Sunday, was telephoned over the wires OF the
Shenango Gas Co.
The Democrats of this town at their late
primary pOlle0 DuL az tOtcs, WniiC shS AsS
publicans polled 450.
Little Harry Grouse was found on the
Plank Road going to Pittsburg and brought
home.
Mr.. Jas. Cheers, formerly of Butler, is
now proprietor of the Empire House at
Glade Run. in the Reibold oil field.
Mr.. Geo. C. McCandless, an old farmer
of Franklin township, aged II years, wishes
to sell his splendid farm in Franklin town.
ship. See adv.
The yerdicts in several cases tried this
week prove that men who rush into law
hastily and ill-na.uredly, are liable to get
left"
Mr.. G. P. Wigle, of Prospect, and Prof.
p. "A. Shanor, principal of the West Newton,
Westmoreland county, schools, were In town
on Tuesday.
A sale of the personal property of the
late Capt. John G. Martin, of Parker town
shin. will take place en- his late premises.
near Martinsburg, on Friday, July l.
Butler county has new postoffice nam
ed Forcht at Carbon Centre Station, and a
new postmaster at Whitestown in the per-
son Of George NJ. Graham.
Mr.. Sylvester Campbell, formerly of
Prospect, is cultivating ITO acres of corn IN
Usage county, Kansas, this year, from which
he expects to reap 10000 bushels.
&C. G. Christie, Esq, of Butler, and Miss
Flora Bell, of Warren. propose being mar,
ried at the brides home in Warren next
Wednesday.
The sixth annual reunion of the l. 0. o..
F. Association of Northwestern Pennsylva-
MIA will be held at Oakland Beach, Conneaut
Lake, Wednesday, June goth.
The Legislature at the last session pass
ed an act making it $50 fine for maliciously
mutilating or tearing down any kind OF
hand bill, notice or poster.
The new license law goes into effect on
the 3Oth inst, but it will not effect TINS
county until April, as licenses already grant
ed are good until the time for which they
were granted has expired.
The upper part of the town of Zelienople
was visited by an ususually heavy rain storm,
and the food that followed washed out gar
dens and filled cellars.
Down at Jefferson Centre last Saturday,
a man named Aderhold threatened to strike
Hez. Christie. John Ekas told him to hit
him (Ekas), which Aderhold did and after
ward swished he hadn't.
Father Mollinger's church on Troy Hill,
Allegheny, was crowded with cripp1es last
Monday, it being St. Antony's Day. Father
n. is both q priest and physician, and is
said to haye effected some wonderful cures.
The will of Herman, the Pittsburg
4 4 - l. H. oh ho raw
custody of his two boys to Rev. Ebert. Will
be contested by the mother as soon as she re-
covers from her wounds.
The Centre township oil well remains q
Mystery. They have some oil there, but
just how much is not generally known
everybody who will lease.
A drop of 25 cents in the price of whea
ON Tuesday and Wednesday caused panic
in the wheat Market and caused several large
Chicago firms to clay down." The Chicago
crowd lost money and the New Yorker
gained it.
A house on the Thompson Kyle farm, il
Marion township, lately occupied by Mr.
Clark Porter, was destroyed by fire one day
last week. All Mr.. Porter's household
goods, with the exception of a sewing ma
chine, were destroyed.
A. G. Reed Post, No. 105 G. A. r., NEE
Friday night, June II. Being regular meet
ing and inspection night, all comrades ar
requested to be in uniform, and a full turn
out is desired at Post meeting. Let all com
rades take notice-at halfpast seven sharp
Washington county papers report tn
wool growers there as standing out stoutly
for 80 cents pound. At the great woo
IL Il 4w1a fc IN.
that 140,000,0O0 pounds will be offered
which will represent the feeces of abou
20,O0O,000 sheep.
A boy named Nicholas Brell was he'll
for court by Alderman Tatem, of Allegheny
on q charge of horse stealing, preferred b.
Charles Taylor, OF this county. Brell tool
the horse from Taylor's stable and tried t
sell him at Wexford for $40.
Mr.. C. F. L. McQuiston, of Centreville
has located in Butler as an engineer and SUI
veyor. He is a son of Mr.. James P. McQuis
ton, of Centreyille, and comes well recon
mended in his business, and as young maj
Of good character. His Office is with Everett
Ralston, Esq, on Main street.
Mr.. John J. Reiber, of this place, whil
in Pittsburg last week, purchased three {
the finest Mexican ponies that we hav
known to have been brought to Butler. MI
Reiber has them in pasture on the old Ber
farm north Of town, where they can be see
at any time.
-Thos. Lyon, son of D. Fl. Lyon, {
Springdale, had a strange experience la
Monday. A honey bee stung him on th
left wrist, when he Immediately became ur
conscious, and remained SO for several hour
frothing at the mouth.
"A. N. Dyer and II. C. Heineman we,
ford, w. C. Thompson to the s. of V. at A
toona, and Mrs. Byers, Mrs. Balph, Mr.
Templeton, Mrs. Greenlee, Mrs. Mckee, Mi
Sullivan and others to the w. c. 7. U. col
vention at Millerstown.
AT meeting of the 4th of July commi
tee in the rooms of the First Ward Hose Co
committees on finance, music, printing an
invitations were selected, and instructed
act at once. A GLORIOUS Fourth" is pr
posed for Butler, and the finance commits
will need several hundred dollars.
Two teamsters wanted to hire rig frol
Ripper, the Evans City liveryman, last Tue
day night. Ripper thought the men :tc
much under the influence of liquor to safel
handle a team and refused them, when OF
of them abused him and was knocked dow
Constable McClelland was sent for, ar
when he put in an appearance was assaultt
blythe other man. Both will be prosecute
You can get free FIVE hundred pa.
Cook Book of original and thoroughly ties
ed receipts, if you send ten two cent stam
to pay postage and 10 top covers of Warner
Safe Yeast packages, to Warmers Safe Yea